See If You Can Make It Through These #BackpackChallenge Videos Without Cringing

The #BackpackChallenge is super intense and kind of hilarious: one kid tries to run in a straight line while a crowd of kids on each side throws backpacks at him or her. It's nearly impossible to run all the way down the line without toppling over from the sheer force of the backpacks. If you think this sounds familiar, you're right: the same idea went viral as the #BookbagChallenge in 2016.

"It's hard to do," Erin Whitney, an 18-year-old at Lee's Summit High School in Missouri (in the pink sweatshirt above), told BuzzFeed News. "Like, most people can't stay up running through people's heavy backpacks... It's just for fun, there's no rhyme or reason to it."

And while it might look a little bit violent, participants swear it's not.

"Everyone gets a good laugh and no one gets seriously hurt," Brett Maes, a 17-year-old from Missouri, told BuzzFeed News. "The first runner has always volunteered to do it and it's never been a case of bullying, hazing, or whatnot."